Welcome to Metropolitan Chess Club
Last Season Summary
It was a good season for the London League Teams with some great results.
Team 1 - Finished 3rd in Div 2 and was pushing all season for promotion only just missing out
Team 2 - Finished safely in 6th in Div 3 after a strong early start
Team 3 - Finished top of Div 4 and are promoted
Team 4 - Finished 8th
Team Major - Finished 3rd out of 10
Team Minor - Finished 5th out of 11
20 Board Friendly Match against Athenaeum Chess Club
The club has organised an 20 board match with Athenaeum.
This is an internal club event.
Event will be this Thursday 17th October 6:30pm start.
Summer Tournament - Internal Club Event
Our summer tournament this year will commence on Thursday 28 May.
You can enter by replying to this e-mail or by writing your name on the A3 Entry List that is on display at the club.
Entries are divided into groups with no more than 7 or 8 players of similar level. Each player meets all other players in the group in turn.
Time controls are as per the London League rules, with Quick Play Finish as the default format, or Long Play finish if both players agree.
The results are sent to the ECF for grading.
The entry fee is 6 Pounds for members of the ECF.
Registration will close on Thursday 21 May.
I will be sending full details for the tournament, rules, fixtures, charts and contact list after the closing date. Please see Joe or myself for more information.
Pascal
John Nunn Simul! - Internal Club Event
John Nunn was guess of honor at an internal event organised for met chess members
A great evening was had by all
London Chess League Round Up
All the metropolitan teams are doing well at the start of 2015
After Met 1 team's win against Mushrooms 1 they now hold second place in Div 2
| Division Two Trophy: Metropolitan 1 vs Mushrooms 1 |
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| Date: 19-02-2015, Division: Two, Trophy: Division Two Trophy | ||||||
| Board | Home player | Result | Away player | Grading difference (Δ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Tanguy Deflesselle s200,A |  |
0-1 | Tim W Pelling s202,B |  |
-2 |
| two | Manuel Perez Carballo s183,C | |
1-0 | Rory MR O'Kelly s181,E | |
+2 |
| three | D Ian Calvert s176,X | |
0-1 | Finlo N Rohrer s175,A | |
+1 |
| four | Petr Vachtfeidl s170,A | |
1-0 | David J Wilson s176,B | |
-6 |
| five | George Dickson s166,X | |
1-0 | Richard J Nash s172,C | |
-6 |
| six | Soumen Roy s171,C | |
1-0 | William A Linton s167,C | |
+4 |
| seven | Marek Vlcek s162,A | |
1-0 | Nick Faulks s168,D  |
|
-6 |
| eight | Adegbenga Amusa s163,B | |
1/2-1/2 | David Sedgwick s167,B | |
-4 |
| nine | Noel M Stewart s156,A | |
0-1 | Jacques Tivillier s158,C | |
-2 |
| ten | Kevin P Lenaghan s146,C | |
1-0 | RAN Balchin s141,D |
|
+5 |
| Mean grading | Home team: 169.3 | Away team: 170.7 | Δ = -1.4 | |||
| match result: 6.5 — 3.5 | ||||||
| with no games adjourned | ||||||
Met 2 are also in second place in Div 3
Met 3 are in 3rd in Div 4 and Met 4 are in 9th in Div 4
The Major team is in 3rd place and the Minor team is in 2nd
for latest London league results checkout the website http://www.londonchess.com/
London League Update - 18th Oct 2014
Update for London League
Team 2 have won their first match! Charlie was able to bring in a small advantage in the adjournment for a win.
Team 3 beat Team 4 in their home derby in Div 4
Major Team won
Minor Team Drew
| Date: 29-09-2014, Division: Three, Trophy: Division Three Trophy | ||||||
| Grading limit: Open, (standardplay), Colours: determined by toss Rounds: 1, Handicap: No Adjournment possible: Yes, Adjudication possible: No |
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| Board | Home player | Result | Away player | Grading difference (Δ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Terence M Donnelly s168,B | |
0-1 | George Dickson s166,X | |
+2 |
| two | John Tennyson s169,C | |
1-0 | Fraser A Lees s154,A | |
+15 |
| three | Paul Conway s161,D |
|
1/2-1/2 | Noel M Stewart s156,A | |
+5 |
| four | Peter Anderson s142,A | |
1-0 | Geoffrey L Bishop s152,X | |
-10 |
| five | Robin J Oakley s141,B | |
1-0 | Max Mallin s147,D | |
-6 |
| six | Zeynel Polat s145,D | |
0-1 | Kevin P Lenaghan s146,C | |
-1 |
| seven | Christopher A Levy s145,C |
|
0-1 | Ian Mason s145,A | |
– |
| eight | Peter A Burgoyne s135,B | |
1/2-1/2 | Ray P Hamilton s124,A | |
+11 |
| nine | Dominic Leigh s134,C | |
1/2-1/2 | Martin Leman s120,A | |
+14 |
| ten | Mark Rivlin s130,C | |
0-1 | Charlie Cooke s129,A | |
+1 |
| Mean grading | Home team: 147 | Away team: 143.9 | Δ = 3.1 | |||
| match result: 4.5 — 5.5 | ||||||
| with no games adjourned | ||||||
| Grading fees due from home team: £4 | ||||||
| Submitted by: | Peter Burgoyne |  |
at: 08:38:24 on: 30-09-2014 | |||
| Awaiting confirmation from: | Kevin Lenaghan | |
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Also the derby match in Div 4 between Team 3 and Team 4 was won by Team 3
| Date: 02-10-2014, Division: Four, Trophy: Division Four Trophy | ||||||
| Grading limit: Open, (standardplay), Colours: determined by toss Rounds: 1, Handicap: No Adjournment possible: Yes, Adjudication possible: No |
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| Board | Home player | Result | Away player | Grading difference (Δ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | John F Kitchen s147,B | |
1/2-1/2 | Pascal Jasserand s123,B | |
+24 |
| two | Jeremy Law s138,A |
|
0-1 | Wilson Akakabota – |
|
– |
| three | Brian Sharkey s124,A | |
1-0 | Ferhat C Culfaz s109,A | |
+15 |
| four | Charlie Cooke s129,A | |
1-0 | Vince Brady s92,A | |
+37 |
| five | Giovanni Vasco s136,B | |
1-0 | John R Brown s88,C |
|
+48 |
| six | Kathleen Rutherford es120 | |
1-0 | Robert Raymond s38,E |
|
+82 |
| seven | Ray P Hamilton s124,A | |
1-0 | Nicky DY Chorley s26,D | |
+98 |
| eight | Walk Over  |
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1-0 | For Feit  |
|
– |
| Mean grading | Home team: 131.1 | Away team: 79.3 | Δ = 51.8 | |||
| match result: 6.5 — 1.5 | ||||||
| with no games adjourned | ||||||
| Grading fees due from home team: £2 | Grading fees due from away team: £6 | |||||
| Submitted by: | Soumen Roy | |
at: 20:22:00 on: 07-10-2014 | |||
| Confirmed by: | Joe Farrell | |
at: 22:08:55 on: 07-10-2014 | |||
Div 5 Major another win for our team.
| Date: 15-10-2014, Division: Major, Trophy: Major Trophy | ||||||
| Grading limit: <145, (standardplay), Colours: determined by toss Rounds: 1, Handicap: No Adjournment possible: Yes, Adjudication possible: No |
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| Board | Home player | Result | Away player | Grading difference (Δ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | David Lambert s127,A | |
0-1 | Jeremy Law s138,A |
|
-11 |
| two | Michael Mackenzie s117,B | |
0-1 | Brian Sharkey s124,A | |
-7 |
| three | Nicholas Rutherford s107,A | |
1/2-1/2 | Kathleen Rutherford es120 | |
-13 |
| four | Robin Lee s107,A | |
1/2-1/2 | Pascal Jasserand s123,B | |
-16 |
| Mean grading | Home team: 114.5 | Away team: 126.3 | Δ = -11.8 | |||
| match result: 1 — 3 | ||||||
| with no games adjourned | ||||||
| Grading fees due from away team: £2 | ||||||
| Submitted by: | Michael Mackenzie | |
at: 17:51:39 on: 17-10-2014 | |||
| Confirmed by: | Pacal Jasserand | |
at: 22:55:11 on: 17-10-2014 | |||
Div 6 Minor a close draw looks like a fighting match with every game win or lose.
| Date: 08-10-2014, Division: Minor, Trophy: Minor Trophy | ||||||
| Grading limit: <125, (standardplay), Colours: determined by toss Rounds: 1, Handicap: No Adjournment possible: Yes, Adjudication possible: No |
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| Board | Home player | Result | Away player | Grading difference (Δ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Ferhat C Culfaz s109,A | |
0-1 | Ken M Hedger s113,B | |
-4 |
| two | George Robinson s109,C | |
1-0 | Michael Mackenzie s117,B | |
-8 |
| three | Jerome Paddick es120 |
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1-0 | Andrew M Routledge s88,D | |
+32 |
| four | Nicky DY Chorley s26,D | |
0-1 | Daniel Rugman s83,A | |
-57 |
| Mean grading | Home team: 91 | Away team: 100.3 | Δ = -9.3 | |||
| match result: 2 — 2 | ||||||
| with no games adjourned | ||||||
| Grading fees due from home team: £2 | ||||||
| Submitted by: | George Robinson | |
at: 08:55:42 on: 09-10-2014 | |||
| Confirmed by: | Michael Mackenzie | |
at: 16:33:07 on: 09-10-2014 | |||
